1 Alex Janin, The Longevity Clinic Will See You Now—for $100,000,
The Wall Street Journal (7-10-23)
https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2024/march/paying-100k-year-to-fight-aging.html
2 Bess Levin, The Old and the Beautiful, Businessweek (August 26, 2010)
Editor’s note: Statistics were updated as of March 2024
https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2010/december/1122710.html
3 1000 Marbles
https://www.sermonillustrator.org/illustrator/sermon2/1000_marbles.htm
4 Gratitude and Aging: Embracing the Wisdom and Beauty of Growing Older
John Bradley, Published in The Fresh Writes, May 25, 2023
https://medium.com/thefreshwrites/gratitude-and-aging-embracing-the-wisdom-and-beauty-of-growing-older-1c0785494aca
5 Optimistic Men Have a Better Shot at Less-Stressful, Healthy Aging, Finds New Study, Good News Network (3-8-22)
https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2022/june/optimistic-men-have-better-shot-at-healthy-aging.html
6 Why older adults benefit from regular doses of humor
Andis Robeznieks, Senior News Writer AMA, March 22, 2023
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/why-older-adults-benefit-regular-doses-humor
7 Jeremy W. Peters, Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A.
The New York Times (4-15-14) https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2014/june/5063014.html
8 A Poem by Benjamin Franklin – Sermon Illustrations on SermonSearch.com
9 Author Unknown
http://www.creatingfutures.net/archive/stories/barn.htm